News Briefs
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View IBBY President Patsy Aldana's powerful presentation about IBBY's Children in Crisis program
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IBBY Canada President Brenda Halliday participates in CBC radio panel on Reluctant Readers
Listen to the podcast here
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Help Haiti through IBBY Canada
The devastation and widespread loss caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti has reminded all of us of the importance of helping those in need during times of crisis.
IBBY's Children in Crisis program was already supporting bibliotherapy work in Haiti following the hurricanes of 2008.
Now, more than ever your support counts to help those in Haiti to begin to rebuild their lives.
Donate to the Children in Crisis fund through IBBY Canada and receive a
charitable receipt.
Donations can be made by:
1. Cheque -
payable to IBBY Canada and mailed to
IBBY Canada, c/o The Canadian Children's Book Centre, Ste. 101, 40 Orchard View Blvd.,
Toronto, ON, M4R 1B9.
Please specify that your cheque is to be directed to the Children in Crisis Fund for work in Haiti.
2. Online - through Canada Helps. Select the Children in Crisis option.
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Mark February 27th 2010 on your calendars!
2010 IBBY Canada Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Saturday Feb 27th/ samedi le 27 février, 2010!!
All IBBY Canada members welcome/ Tous les membres d'IBBY Canada sont bienvenues
Location: Runnymede Branch Toronto Public Library
2178 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON from 9:30am to 1:00 pm.
9:30 am - Coffee and membership renewal Display tables of IBBY materials and sale of Cleaver cards
10:00-noon - IBBY Canada Annual General Meeting
Noon-1:00pm - Light lunch, display tables.
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Letter from IBBY President Patsy Aldana
Patsy Aldana, pillar of the Canadian children's book publishing industry, has been equally active globally in her second term as President of IBBY International. Read about the efforts of IBBY around the world under her leadership.
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Online giving to Children in Crisis Fund
IBBY has launched a worldwide appeal for funds to support its Children in Crisis Programme. Current Projects funded are the Lebanon Project (conflict management for war-traumatized children), the Gaza Project (libraries in two community centres in Palestine and bibliotherapy training for workers in those centres), and the Colombia Project (reading clubs and circulating libraries for 1,000 street children displaced by sixty years of war in Colombia). For more information, click here. It is now possible to donate to Children in Crisis online through Canadahelps.org and receive a Canadian charitable income tax receipt. .............................................................................................
Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman recipients of Russell Grant
IBBY Canada is pleased to announce that Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman are the recipients of this year's Frances E. Russell Grant. Read more here.
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Ten Canadians attend IBBY’s 31st Congress
 Ten Canadians attended IBBY’s 31st Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark Sept.7-10, 2008 celebrating Stories in History – History in Stories:
- Patsy Aldana, Toronto (Publisher, Groundwood Books/IBBY President)
- Ruth Brown, Toronto (Storyteller)
- Stella East, Bergen, Norway (Illustrator)
- Brenda Halliday, Toronto (Librarian/IBBY Canada President)
- Theo Heras, Toronto (Librarian/Singer)
- Rukhsana Khan, Toronto (Author/Storyteller)
- Barbara Reid, Toronto (Author/Illustrator/2008 IBBY Honour List Nominee)
- Kathryn Shoemaker, Vancouver (Illustrator/Author/Filmmaker/Teacher)
- Ludmila Zeman, Montreal (Filmmaker/Author/Illustrator)
- Linda Zeman-Spaleny, Montreal (Author)
Share the excitement of the 600 Congress participants from around the world at www.ibby2008.dk
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Marion Seary Donations to IBBY Canada
Marion Seary was a bookseller, librarian and champion of excellence in books for children. She was also a longtime supporter of IBBY. To honour her memory, Maria Martella and several of Marion’s friends undertook two initatives – the Marion Seary Endangered Book Award and the production of a colourful alphabet poster featuring Marion’s own collage art.
Funds donated in the name of the award and profits from the poster sales are directed to IBBY Canada. We salute Marion’s friends for creating these tributes to Marion and her belief in the power of children’s books. For more details, and information about making a donation or purchasing the poster, please see our Summer 2008 newsletter.
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IBBY Canada's Support Continues
IBBY Canada has, for a third time, nominated South African EMEP (Extra Mural Education Project), Unknown 2 Known, to receive IBBY-Yamada funding. Liz Page, IBBY International’s communications director, explains the significance of the project:
"The progress made during this year demonstrates the absolute need for the project in the lives of the children ...The therapeutic value of using books and storytelling is clearly shown. The introduction of materials to allow the young people to produce their own books, thus increasing their commitment to books and reading, is one of the many ways to build up a reading culture where there was previously none."
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Give the Gift of IBBY!
Looking for a meaningful gift? Why not give an IBBY donation in your friends and loved ones names? Better yet, sign them up for a membership and they will receive newsletters, a say in IBBY Canada issues, and a subscription to Bookbird (depending on membership level). IBBY Canada is a charitable organization devoted to promoting Canadian literature around the world and supporting literacy programs. Click here to give the gift that keeps on giving!
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Current Projects
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IBBY Canada works with CODE
IBBY Canada has partnered with Canadian non-profit CODE (the Canadian Organization for Development through Education) by nominating expert Canadian authors, editors and teachers of writing for children and young adults to participate in two projects: Read Liberia and the Burt Award for African Literature (in Tanzania, now expanding to Ghana and Ethiopia). Kathy Stinson has recently returned from her second trip to Liberia to lead writing workshops. She shares her experiences on her blog.
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IBBY Canada joins in the work of the TD National Reading Summit
In 2008, a group of librarians, parent activists, authors, publishers and corporate leaders came together with the goal of developing a national reading strategy for Canada. IBBY Canada has joined in this effort to work towards developing key policies and strategies with theTD Reading Summit. Read more about the Reading Summit here.
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